The Daily Background
| Quote of the day
Filed at 12:00 am, Friday September 21st 2007
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Today’s quote of the day goes to George W. Bush, who said about Iraq:
“I thought an interesting comment was made — somebody said to me, I heard somebody say, ‘Now, where’s Mandela?’ Well, Mandela’s dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.”
Mandela is of course still alive, and has been a fierce critic of the war in Iraq since before it began.
How embarrassing for you. The President’s quote was a compliment to Mandela. A leader during tyranny who comes out the other side to lead his nation out of darkness. A moral man. None exist in Iraq. Saddam had them killed. That’s Bush’s point. He did not say Mandela has passed. It’s respectful to wish there was a Mandela in Iraq. Should we just not bring his name up until the 89 year old passes away? The original question that the President was referring to was someone asking: “Where is this region’s (middle east) Mandela?” Is that person to be derided as someone who mistakenly thought that a frail 89 year-old Mandela was making the rounds, dodging jihadists in Iraq? I really can’t believe that someone would have misunderstood the President’s evoking of Mandela’s name in his statement. I can believe this though:
As one of the legions of faceless, nameless, wise-ass, know-it-all bloggers to get yet another shot in at George Bush… you should be embarrassed. You should be embarrassed that you’re among a generation of kids who are getting their “news” snippets from YouTube, the daily show, and fellow bloggers.